I’m back, now, from a whirlwind trip to Austin, Texas; it was great to visit with family and friends, and get back, even for a short while, to the great state of Texas. A couple of the trip’s highlights: taking in OUR BODY, The Universe Within, at the University of Texas’ Stark Center for Physical [...]
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I always feel a tad bit “slow” in my first explosive workout following a lengthy layoff; and yeah, 5 days completely off is, for me, quite a prolonged bit of down-time. My theory is that keeping the CNS primed (amped, hyped, what have you) for explosive movement is metabolically expensive, and [...]
“One’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
Yesterday, in what amounted to quite a departure from my usual explosive-type workouts, I spent three-and-a-half hours in the fixie saddle, terrorizing the downtown streets and greenway trails in and around Raleigh, NC. Why the departure? Well, I don’t [...]
No better way to kick-off a Friday, and what looks to be (fingers crossed!) a work-free weekend, than with some high-voltage, explosive movements, first thing in the morning.
As a bridge between my dynamic stretching/Oly-like warm-up and the meat of the workout, I did a 200 yard farmer’s “sprint” (ok, it was a fast-as-possible walk) with [...]
The Cred and only The Cred today; approximately 45 minutes worth. Unfamiliar with the exercise? Check out this post. Also, the athlete below (a Mike Boyle disciple) pulls-off a pretty sweet (and technically flawless) version.
Here’s how my rounds with the exercise looked today (all noted reps are per each arm):
60 x 5; 80 x 3; [...]
This is the workout equivalent to last night’s crock-pot bison roast. Nuthin’ fancy here, just a “put-up or shut-up” kind of a deal. Not much in the way of equipment or space requirements, either; one relatively heavy dumbbell and a pull-up bar. Some chalk and straps for the later rounds. Booya!
As the Zen Master says: [...]
